HM Nautical Almanac Office: 2012 Transit of Venus.

The Meaning of the Venus Transit in June 2012. by UK astrologer and author. Alison Chester-Lambert. What does it mean when Venus passes across the face of the Sun on June 5th and 6th?

Transit of Venus, Australia 2012 is a joint educational project of The Surveying and Spatial Science Industry, Astronomical Association of Queensland (AAQ), Science Teachers Association Qld (STAQ), contributing Teacher and Surveyor Volunteers Australia wide.

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, orbiting 22,000 miles above the Earth's surface, captures a ultra-high definition image of the transit of Venus across the face of the sun on June 6, 2012.

The most recent transit of Venus happened on 5 and 6 June 2012. It was the last Venus transit this century. The one before took place on 8 June 2004. The next transits of Venus will be in December 2117 and December 2125. The transit on 5 and 6 June 2012 was broadcast live on the Internet.

The transit itself lasted for 6 hours and 40 minutes. Historically, astronomers used timings of the transit from different locations to triangulate the distance to Venus, while modern astronomers actively search for planets that transit distant suns. Tomorrow's picture: Venus Rising.

World visibility map of 2012 transit of Venus; from Fred Espenak. Fred Espenak writes: The global visibility of the 2012 transit is illustrated with the world map in figure 3 (Low Res or High Res ). The entire transit (all four contacts) is visible from northwestern North America, Hawaii, the western Pacific, northern Asia, Japan, Korea, eastern China, Philippines, eastern Australia, and New.

The transit of Venus. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime event, at least for me. I don’t expect to be around when the next one occurs in 2117. It started around 5PM Central Time, so I set up my little Celestron spotting scope on a table on my back deck and projected the image of the sun onto a piece of paper.

THE TRANSIT OF VENUS (1980) is a shockingly brilliant novel about the transience of love. It is the story of two Australian sisters, Caroline and Grace Bell, who emigrate to England in the 1950s. Orphaned while young by their parents deaths in a Sydney harbour ferry sinking, the sisters have been raised by their older half-sister Dora. On their arrival as young women in Britain, gentle Grace.

In the end, the transit was just a tiny slice of Cook's adventure, overshadowed by Tahiti and sabotaged by black drops. But because of the voyage Venus and Cook are linked. In fact, it might be said that the best reason to watch a transit of Venus is history. Decide for yourself. On June 5-6, 2012, Venus is due to cross the face of the Sun.

If you are fortunate enough to witness the transit of Venus, remember that the innocent-looking black dot, a planet that has been considered the goddess of love, is actually fire and brimstone.

Transit of Venus 2012. The transit of Venus put on a spectacular show that will not occur again in our lifetime. Relive the beauty and wonder of today's transit as well as transits from 2004 and 1874.

For amateur observers though, the visibility of the full transit will depend on which part of the world you’re viewing from. Venus will start to cross the Sun at 2209 UTC (Universal Time Coordination) on 5 June and finish on 6 June, 0449.